Deborah Niemann is a homesteader, writer, and self-sufficiency expert who presents regularly on topics including soapmaking, bread baking, cheesemaking, composting, and homeschooling. She and her family raise sheep, pigs, cattle, goats, chickens, and turkeys for meat, eggs, and dairy products, while an organic garden and orchard provides fruit and vegetables.

So, in other words, she knows what she's talking about based on her extensive experience. She also writes the blog, Antiquity Oaks, if you'd like to see more of her writing online (she has the cutest baby goats).

Anyway, from the book description, Homegrown and Handmade shows you how making things from scratch and growing at least some of your own food can help you eliminate artificial ingredients from your diet, reduce your carbon footprint, and create a more authentic life. Whether your goal is to increase your self-reliance or become a full-fledged homesteader, this book can get you started by helping you:

* Take control of your food supply from seed to plate
* Raise small and medium livestock for fun, food, and fiber
* Rediscover traditional skills to meet your family's needs

This guide to food and fiber from scratch shows that attitude and knowledge is more important than acreage.

How to enter this giveaway
If you are interested in entering the random drawing for this book, please add your name to the comments of this post. You get bonus points for liking the Crunchy Chicken on Facebook. Just let me know if you're a fan of the page in your comments.

You have until midnight PST this Tuesday, October 25th to enter. And, now for the legal mumbo jumbo: This giveaway is open to U.S. residents, 18+ only. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Winner will be selected Wednesday, October 26th and will have 7 days to respond.

This sounds great! I've never heard of this book but it's definitely up my alley as I try to not only be more green but learn how to do things by myself. Thanks for the chance! And I'm most definitely a fan on Facebook. :)

This would be perfect for me! I am in my first year of homesteading and so far have produced 12 green beans and 2 tomatoes lol! I plan to get some laying hens in the spring and possibly dairy goats the following year. I liked you on Facebook immediately after I found you on Sharon Astyk's blog roll.

I am a fan of the Crunchy Chicken on FB and would love a copy of this book! Wish I'd been able to catch Deborah at Literary Life bookstore the other day here in Grand Rapids, but was too busy moving. My husband, daughter and I just bought a little 3 acre farm and plan to get goats, chickens, ducks and to grow some of our own food. This book would be so helpful :)

I've just discovered your site and liked you on FB. As director of a nature center in Colorado, we help people learn to live lightly. Your blog will be helepful to follow. The book would be added to our library, if I win it! Thanks,Tudi